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The effects of unemployment benefit levels on the duration of unemployment

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On the Mysteries of Unemployment

Part of the book series: Studies in Operational Regional Science ((SORS,volume 10))

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By far the most persistent problem in West European societies in the eighties has been the high unemployment rate. At the start of the decade the average standardized unemployment rate in the twelve EC countries was 5.8%.1 By 1985 the unemployment rate had risen to 10.8%. At the end of the decade, in 1989, the unemployment rate in the twelve EC countries was still above the unemployment rate at the start of the decade: 9.0%. Within the EC The Netherlands was one of the hardest hit countries with unemployment rates above EC average. Between 1982 and 1985 the standardized unemployment rate in The Netherlands was between 10 and 12%.

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  1. Fryske Akademy, Doelestrjitte 8, 8911 DX, Ljouwert, The Netherlands

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  2. Department of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Martijn P. M. de Goede

  3. Department of Household & Consumer Studies, Agricultural University of Wageningen, P.O. Box 8060, 6700 DA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Johan A. C. van Ophem

  4. RBA-Friesland — Regional Board Labour Exchange-Friesland, P.O. Box 2202, 8901 JE, Ljouwert, The Netherlands

    Arend de Vries

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Groot, W., Jehoel-Gijsbers, G. (1992). The effects of unemployment benefit levels on the duration of unemployment. In: Verhaar, C.H.A., Jansma, LG., de Goede, M.P.M., van Ophem, J.A.C., de Vries, A. (eds) On the Mysteries of Unemployment. Studies in Operational Regional Science, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8080-9_6

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